It has placed signs on shelves advising shoppers that there is currently no hummus due to a "production issue".

It has also taken the dip off its online grocery shop - telling customers it is "temporarily out of stock".

Despite staff representing the supermarket on Twitter telling shoppers that the range has been recalled, the supermarket has been reassuring shoppers that it's a problem with its supplier and not an issue with the safety of the product.

Shoppers have been expressing their dissatisfaction at the shortage, with some saying they are "livid", while another said: "Problems with the Sainsbury's houmous factory has actually wrecked my life."

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